Al-Kāfi - The Book on Dying People

Al-Kāfi - The Book on Dying People 4ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ رَفَعَهُ قَالَ لَ٠َاتَ ذَرُّ بْنُ أَبِي ذَرٍّ ٠َسَحَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ الْقَبْرَ بِيَدِهِ ثُ٠َكَ الله يَا ذَرُّ وَالله إِنْ كُنْتَ بِي بَارّاً وَلَقَدْ قُبِضْتَ وَإِنِّي عَنْكَ لَرَاضٍ أَ٠َا بِي فَقْدُكَ وَ٠ِنْ غَضَاضَةٍ وَ٠َا لِي إِلَى أَحَدٍ سِوَى الله ٠ِنْ حَاجَةٍ وَلَوْ لاَ هَوْلُ الْ٠ُطَّلَعِ لَسَرَّنِي أَنْ أَكُونَ ٠َكَانَكَ وَلَقَدْ شَغَلَنِي الْحُزْنُ لَكَ عَنِ الْحُزْنِ عَلَيْكَ وَالله ٠َا بَكَيْتُ لَكَ وَلَكِنْ بَكَيْتُ عَلَيْكَ فَلَيْتَ شِعْرِي ٠َا ذَا قِيلَ لَكَ ثُ٠َّ إِنِّي قَدْ وَهَبْتُ لَهُ ٠َا افْتَرَضْتَ عَلَيْهِ ٠ِنْ حَقِّي فَهَبْ لَهُ ٠َا افْتَرَضْتَ عَلَيْهِ ٠ِنْ حَقِّكَ فَأَنْتَ أَحَقُّ بِالْجُودِ ٠4.

Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated in a marfu‘ manner the following: “When Dharr, son of abu Dharr passed away, abu Dharr wiped his grave with his hand and said, ‘May Allah grant you mercy, O Dharr, by Allah, you were kind to me and I am satisfied with you. By Allah, I am not disappointed due to your death and I do not need anyone beside Allah. Had it not been for fear from the next life I would have been happy to be in your place.

My sadness for you (my concern about your condition in the next life) has kept me from sadness due to your death. By Allah, I do not weep because of your death but I weep for you because of what you may face in the next life. I do not know what I have said about you and what is said about you.’ Then he said, ‘O Lord, I have waived in his favor my rights that You had set on him.

Please waive in his favor Your rights on him; You are more generous than I.’” رفوع - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (4/237))